Senior Management Accounts Officer / Deputy Finance Business Partner

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Manchester is seeking a Senior Management Accounts Officer to provide comprehensive financial support. In this role, you will manage budgets, offer financial advice, and collaborate with various teams to ensure effective financial operations. The ideal candidate will have a professional accountancy qualification and experience in financial analysis. This role offers excellent opportunities for career development within a large NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial reporting and management.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on budget control.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality financial advice to budget holders.
• Assist in setting and monitoring budget performance.
• Contribute to monthly financial reporting and forecasting.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budget management

Communication

Leadership

Education

Professional accountancy qualification

Tools

Financial ledger systems

Excel

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. The role has been designed specifically with the objective of providing the post holder with the relevant qualifications, practical experience, and support to progress from band 6 to band 7 across an agreed period (dependent on the experience and completion of professional accountancy qualification of the successful candidate).

The Senior Management Accounts Officer / Deputy Finance Business Partner will be an integral part of the Division, providing high quality and timely financial advice and support to multidisciplinary Divisional and Directorate teams (including clinicians, ward managers and budget holders) to enable the delivery of the Hospital’s financial objectives:

• To ensure comprehensive and timely monthly reporting of Directorates financial position.
• To participate in and co-ordinate the setting of the Hospital Directorates revenue budgets.
• To assist in the training of budget holders and managers in budgetary management and control.
• To assist in the training and development of individuals within Financial Management.

The post holder will provide support to the divisional Senior Finance Business Partner as part of both business-as-usual financial reporting and specific projects.

Personal and team development are key values we support, and the department is keen to grow and develop to help better meet the challenges within the Trust.

• Assist the Senior Finance Business Partner in formulating, agreeing and setting budgets in consultation with managers and in accordance with Trust policies and strategies and to maintain controls on budget movements throughout the financial year.
• Contribute to the monthly production of the directorates’ and divisional financial position and forecast by achieving the corporate reporting timetable and by accurately maintaining the financial ledger.
• Support the investigation of variances to plan to provide high quality information to budget holders to enable timely implementation of remedial actions.
• Provide and distribute regular financial reports to strict deadlines to enable proactive management of budgets by budget holders.
• Establish and maintain regular liaison with appropriate Directorate Managers, ward and Departmental Managers and budget holders.
• Assist in developing the quality of financial information and support provided by the Department and to be pro-active in the provision of financial information to managers, to explain finance departmental strategy and resolve queries.
• Contribute to the business planning process, service and capacity planning with the Senior Finance Business Partner, Directorate Managers and Service Managers, using well developed analytical and accounting skills and a range of computerised systems.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Monday 13 Oct 2025